The present online marketplace is expanding so rapidly. There are several marketplaces for WordPress Themes. Among the marketplace, WordPress Theme directory is a free one to get various Themes and plugins free of cost. But, there are thousands of themes in WordPress. So it is difficult to choose the right theme for a newbie. Today I’ve written about the Top 15 Free WordPress Themes for 2019 (in my opinion) that will help you select the best themes for your website.
How to Choose the Best Theme for Your Site?
There are lots of themes in WordPress Themes directory. Among them choose a theme that is perfect for your site. But do you know what features should have in a good WordPress theme? Let me explain what functionality should you check before using a theme (If know it already please go to the next step of the article).
Responsiveness: First of all, check your preferred theme whether responsive or not. If your website is not responsive then it may cause a headache for google ranking.
Customize theme options: Secondly, you may need to customize your site upon your demand. For that, your used theme must have customized friendly options.
SEO Friendly: If you want to rank your site then your used theme must be SEO friendly. You can check the code from W3C Markup Validation.
Ratings and Reviews: Another good idea is to check the user’s ratings and reviews. You can get the ratings below the download section in WordPress.
Besides, if the theme has a premium version on a third-party marketplace you can check the reviews from there.
Support: Last of all, support is an important feature. While using the theme you may face trouble with the theme. So check whether there is good support for your preferred theme.
You will get the support forum of a WordPress theme at the right sidebar of the theme below the Rating options.
Now let’s see what are the Top 15 Free WordPress Themes for 2019 to make a website.
1. OceanWP
OceanWP is the most popular free multipurpose WP theme having lots of premium feature. Perfect for your blogs,magazines. Works perfectly with almost all page builder like Elementor, Visual Composer, Divi, SiteOrigin, Beaver Builder, Brizy, etc.
If you are looking a multipurpose theme then it will be the best choice for you without any hesitation. It has more then 200,000 active installation with 5* ratings having a good support also.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- Compatible with Page Builder
- Super Fast Page Load
- SEO Friendly
- Demo Import & Export feature
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2. Astra
This is one of the best Free WordPress theme to make a website. It’s simplicity and ease to use make it user friendly. With a several click you can make your site with Astra.
Lots of customize options and supports popular page builders like Elementor, Beaver Builder, Visual Composer etc.
It’s Responsive, Designed, Developed, Maintained & Supported by Brainstorm Force. Also if you are searching for a SEO friendly theme than it can be a good choice.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- Focused on Page Speed
- RTL & Translation Ready
- Page Builder Friendly
- WooCommerce Ready
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3. Hestia
Hestia is a multipurpose theme of wordpress. It’s specially effective both for business and startup website.
It’s built-in one page layout and modern design catches attraction. Compatible with Elementor Page Builder and some popular slider like Flat Parallax Slider, Photo Gallery, Travel Map etc.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- Live Customizer
- E-commerce
- SEO Friendly
- Drag & Drop builder
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4. Storefront
If you run a E-commerce site along with WooCommerce plugin then this is the best theme to perform your lots of stuff. There are several layout to customize your shop.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- WooCommerce Friendly
- Live Customizer
- Specially Optimized for E-commerce
- Drag & Drop builder
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5. Mesmerize
Mesmerize is an incredibly flexible, multipurpose WordPress theme that can help you create an amazing website easier than ever, by drag and drop.
It have lots of options to customize along with different header layouts. It’s totally mobile responsive and made as WooCommerce ready.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- 30+ ready to use content sections
- E-commerce ready
- Drag and drop
- Gradient overlays
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6. Shapely
This is a one page WordPress blog theme with pixel perfect design and outstanding functionality. It’s a multipurpose WordPress theme with lots of customize functionality.
Shapely is a mobile friendly and fully responsive theme which you can use in your business, portfolio, landing page etc.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- WordPress Customizer Support
- Add Paralax section
- Plugin support
- Drag & Drop builder
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7. Ashe
Fully responsive Personal and Multi-Author Free WordPress Blog Theme. Perfect for content based blog site. Supports Fullscreen Slider, Header image, Instagram slider widget support and more.
Supports most of the drag and drop page builder. Compatible with WooCommerce also.
Key Features:
- Responsive and mobile-friendly design.
- Multi-Author Free WordPress Blog Theme
- WooCommerce compatible
- SEO Friendly
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8. ColorMag
ColorMag is the perfect theme for your magazine designed by ThemeGrill. It’s also compatible for news, newspaper and business.
Besides, it includes a plenty of color options along with a variety of customization. Again, it’s various Widgets area makes it premium premium feel in free version.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- SEO Friendly
- Custom CSS
- Optimized for speed
- WPML compatible
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8. OnePress
If you are finding a one page theme for your wordpress site, then OnePress will be a good option for you. OnePress is a multipurpose theme specially suited for business website, portfolio and digital agency.
Designed on Bootstrap 4 and compatible with latest version of WooCommerce also.
Key Features:
- Responsive design
- Theme customizer
- Paralax background effect
- SEO optimized
- Supports custom Page Template
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9. Hueman
Top rated wordpress theme for blog and magazine. In addition, Hueman loads faster and is 100% mobile-friendly. For this your visitor grows and helps to rank on google.
Moreover it’s powering 70k+ websites around the world insure its quality.
Key Features:
- Responsive Design
- Various font options
- Slider feature
- Optimized for speed
- Translation ready
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10. Poseidon
Are you going to start a new news website or a magazine? If yes, then you can choose Poseidon for your site. It’s specially suit for magazine.
It’s clean typography and spacious white layout makes it great to share your stories. In addition, it’s Post Slideshow feature gives the premium feel.
Key Features:
- 100% Responsive Design
- Available various custom options
- Post Slider feature
- Optimized for speed
- Translation ready
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11. Hemingway
Hemingway is a clean, beautiful and responsive two-column theme for bloggers. It’s full-width header image with parallax scrolling effect gives it another dimension.
Besides it has custom accent color, custom logo upload, custom Flickr and Dribbble widgets, page templates and translation-ready code.
Key Features:
- Responsive Layout
- Custom Header
- Clean design
- Translation ready
- Supports Post formats
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12. GeneratePress
A lightweight WordPress theme built with a focus on speed and better performance. Compatible with Gutenberg. For this you get more flexibility creating your content.
Well coded theme with WooCommerce support and has been translated over 25 languages.
Key Features:
- Responsive Layout
- Super fast and lightweight
- Compatible with all popular page builder
- Translation ready
- Built in Schema
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13. Sydney
One of the most popular WordPress theme having more than 200,000+ active installations. Sydney is totally compatible with Elementor.
Supports all Google Fonts, full color control, layout control, logo upload, full screen slider, header image and much more.
Key Features:
- Responsive Layout
- Custom Header
- Supports custom color
- Translation ready
- Parallax background
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14. Zerif Lite
One page multipurpose WordPress theme to make your site. It’s responsive, clean and modern design will catches your attraction. You can try this theme for your startup.
Key Features:
- Responsive Layout
- Theme options
- Optimized for speed
- WooCommerce ready
- Custom Backgrounds
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15. Nirvana
A responsive WordPress template with lots of customization options. You can personalize your landing page with recent blog post, sliders, customized text etc.
Key Features:
- Responsive Layout
- Highly customizable
- SEO Friendly
- Landing Page
- Developer support
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That’s all. I hope these Top 15 Free WordPress Themes for 2019 will help you finding perfect article for your website.